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Mainstream Poetry

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This Smart Search List of the Day is: Mainstream Poetry.

The Christian Century

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The Christian Century is a progressive, independent religious magazine devoted to helping people think critically and live the Christian faith thoughtfully. Known for its excellent essays and poetry, incisive reporting and commentary, and prominent writers contributing from various fields, the Century is a leading voice helping readers make sense of faith, culture, and politics in our time…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Unknown.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 8.2 days.
Acceptances: Average. 5.9% of poetry submissions accepted.

Dishsoap Quarterly

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Uncool, nerdy & earnest lit mag that’s way too into dish-cleaning products!
Genres:   Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 3.4 days.
Acceptances: Average. 8.3% of poetry submissions accepted.

Griffel Charges Fees

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Griffel is a stylus. Use it to scratch words in stone. In wax. Use it to write.
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 117.7 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 18.2% of poetry submissions accepted.

Halfway Down the Stairs

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Halfway Down the Stairs publishes poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and book reviews. We publish primarily literary and mainstream work, but accept work in most genres, with children's literature and erotica as the exceptions. We are rarely willing to be lenient with the theme when it comes to poetry, and will do so only if the submission is very good.
Genres:   Open to all/most genres, including: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 17.9 days.
Acceptances: Average. 7.9% of poetry submissions accepted.

In The Mood Magazine Wildcard

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In The Mood Magazine is a pop culture journal about the things we like to watch. What are your viewing habits, highs, and hang-ups? In other words, why do you look away and then look again? Why are you so obsessed with the exact shade of pink of Suki’s car in 2 Fast 2 Furious? Or the look on Marnie’s face after she’s fired the shotgun? We want to hear all about it, but you should know that we are terrible at keeping secrets. So… are you in the mood?
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: CAD $30.

Jade Ring Writing Contest [Wisconsin Writers Association] Charges Fees

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Genres:      General, Fantasy, Mystery/Crime, Romance, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Winner's Prize: Professional. Details: USD $250.
Avg. Response: Slower than average responder. 205.3 days.
Acceptances: Unknown. None reported yet in poetry.

manywor(l)ds

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Words are worlds. manywor(l)ds, as a project, embraces the worldmaking possibilities and practices of language in all its forms. A genreless space, manywor(l)ds hosts the work of creators whose relationships to embodimindment, to sex(uality), to gender, and to a constellation of factors surrounding these concepts, face marginalization and erasure. We define our demographic loosely on purpose — we don’t want to box you in…
Genres: General.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: $10.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 7.0 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 25.0% of poetry submissions accepted.

Red Ogre Review

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We are an independent press for poetry, prose poetry, and visual art founded in October 2021 by Creative Writing Master’s graduates of Lancaster University (United Kingdom).
Genres:   General, Fantasy.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 99.6 days.
Acceptances: Average. 11.1% of poetry submissions accepted.

Roi Fainéant Press

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We are Roi Fainèant. Founded by 3 lazy kings living the best of their worst lives, we have spent the last year delivering you a consistent blend of brilliant words, silly antics, and a sense of community support that we are incredibly excited about and proud of. And we're just getting started.
Genres:    General, Horror, Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: No monetary payment.
Avg. Response: Average responder. 53.7 days.
Acceptances: Approachable. 40.0% of poetry submissions accepted.

Utopia Science Fiction Magazine

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Founded July, 2019, we are a growing science fiction magazine dedicated to publishing quality science fiction short stories, science articles, and poetry. We want enthralling stories set in futures we might want to live in. Counter to the recent dystopian craze, we publish stories that shine with a more optimistic future, one we want to believe in, one we would fight for.
Genres: Science Fiction.
Lengths: Poem.
Payment: Semi-pro. Details: USD $25.
Avg. Response: Faster than average responder. 27.2 days.
Acceptances: Average. 7.1% of poetry submissions accepted.